The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-12
THE SCIENCE OF THE PEN.
How to Tell Pecuiiarities of People by
Their Observation-Disclosures.


Their Penmanship-Flouris
That the handwriting has certain marked
characteristic in every indiv iiual, and that
these characteristics, properly examined and
interpreted according 10 given rules and
methods, will tell us more concerning the in
dividual character of the writer, is an estab-
lished fact, and the tabulatiOn of these rules
and of this method is now complete in tho
works of such acknowledged authorities
Rosa Baughan, Liable Flandrin and
Adolphc Henze. Adrien Desbarroles in his
mai or work has devoted some 200 pages to
this branch of the science of the hand, be
sides being the author of a standard work on
the subjects, so that graphology, or, us it is
sometimes called, 'gramnatOmancy, boasts
a literature Of its own that it is not my in
tentiDn To supplement in this place. The
more | compare different handwritings,"
saws Lavatcr, THE more am convinced that
handwriting is the expression of the charac-
ter Of him who writes Each nation has its
national character of writing as the physioS-
nOmy of each people expresses the most
salient points of character in the nation
and may quote the remark Of Rosa
Baughan: That the handwriting really re-
fleets the personality of the writer is evident
from the fact that it alters and develops with
the intelligence, that it becomes firm when
the character rengthens weak and feeble
when the person who writes IL is ill or
agitated, and erratic when he is under the
influence of great joy, grief or any other
passion
Writing which has tendency to ascend
toward tho end of the lines denotes always
ambition, prosperity and success, while writ
ing which, on the contrary, has a tendency
To descend betrays melancholy, i'll health and
taciturnity. III "a writing which descends
thus is dis jointed and interspersed with mean
ingless ornament it is sign of "a tendency
toward madness. Flourishes are always bad,
denOting vanity, conceit and self assertion,
while peculiarly formed letters denote in
variaby-and bviously-eccentricity.
More can be told by the observation of
single letters, especially capitals, than any
thing else. Thus a capital a denotes great
sense of beauty and strong will is shown in
the strong barring. When the bar is a loop
there is the same sense of beauty but less
will. The script capital a shows simplicity
and clearness of ideas. A looped d shows
tenderness and generosity, while the Greek
d or ID indicates eccentricity and magma
ton.
An + with IA flying top betrays imagina-
ton and indifference, while a curly one
shows cultivation and sensitive mind. A
curly III shows poetry and art, AMI n curly
gives grace and sense of beauty but the
straight like Brother Hates and Oscar
Wilde's gives a higher and more precised
nature t. artistic instinct and increases the
poetic faculty. These instances are sufficient
in this place for others / must refer you
to Miss Rosa Baughun's excellent work,
quoted above, to whr'h am indebted for
these examples.
Disproportionate loops betray self asser-
ton, look out for them in letters like L and
|. aud Y Letters stopping short at their
finals show economy, long or extended
finals with spaces between the words indi-
cate generosity, if not extravaganza. In
ward curves denotes egotism.
Stops arc also more distinctive. Heavy
and black, they betray sensuality; long, they
denote vivacity and originality. An dotted
with feck indicates recklesRleSs. Absence
Of stops shows want of caution and an un
suspeCting nature.
Take care then, o my brethren of 1.-THE
Settle of Odd Volumes" lest you recklessly
betray your vices in an invitation to dinner,
or confess your blacklist crimes in the pages
OF birthday book, as-au revoir. Yours
necromatically.- Ed. Heron Allen in New
York Mail and Express
a Magieian's Performance In Cheyenne.
Zone of the funniest incidents that ever
came under my notice. said ID Alvini, the
conjurer, - was out in Cheyenne a week or
two ago. In our magic performance use
a cabinet. and while the spiritual manifes
tatious' are going ON therein all the lights are
turned of in the building. This evening
two or three of us were feeling little glum
and we put our heads together and made up
minds that we'd do something to liven
up the performance. In all con turing shows
you know, there is a board walk from the
stage down into the center aisle OF the audi
tOrium. We call this the 'rlm down Well,
when this cabinet act was ON two of uS who
were not engaged started out to have some
sport. Tho lights were to he out only thirty
seconds, and 81 we had no time 20 lose.
AS soon as the gas was turned out we
skipped down the runway and into the
aisle. There we banged around lively among
the spectators, hitting one flat hand clip
on the face and then another, pulling their
hair, humping two mems heads together,
and playing all such FRANKS, and as quick "a
lightning. just before the lights were turned
on We skipped back onto the stage and INTO
the wings, and there stopped To watch the
sport. As soon the liz Et came we saw
that there was great connection in the house.
Fifteen twenty mon were ON their feet
ami half dozen were fighting with each
other One man had knocked his neighbor
down under the seat, ami another had his
two hands into the hair of the man sitting
next to him RcvoIvcrS were drawn and
ID seemed that everybody wa, accusinl,
everybody else of having taken advantage
of the darkness 10 play mean tricks. 1t was
ten minutes before we could set the house
quoted. Chicago Herald.